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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. the u.s. treasury and insurance giant a.i.g. unveiled a plan today to speed up the repayment of more than $100 billion in federal bailout money. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the "newshour" tonight, economic writers louise story of the "new york times" and roben farzad of "bloomberg business week" weigh the pluses and minuses of the deal. >> brown: then, kwame holman looks at the down-to-the-wire scramble as congress pushed to adjourn just weeks ahead of the midterm elections. >> suarez: judy woodruff talks to speaker of the house nancy pelosi about the battle over tax cuts and the stakes for democrats in november. >> our members left congress last night. they are confident that they would return in the majority. >> brown: special correspondent miles o'brien reports on a mississippi community's plan to use stimulus money for mass transit in rural areas. >> suarez: betty ann bowser updates the johnson and johnson story as company executives and the f.d.a. come under fire on capitol
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. the u.s. treasury and insurance giant a.i.g. unveiled a plan today to speed up the repayment of more than $100 billion in federal bailout money. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the "newshour" tonight, economic writers louise story of the "new york times" and roben farzad of "bloomberg business week" weigh the pluses and minuses of the deal. >> brown:...
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jeffrey brown talked to him this afternoon. >> brown: tom, give us an update first on where things stand with the rescue efforts. there's three separate plans at this point, right? >> that's right. there are. the first plan which is located up on the hill over there. frank can pan over and show it to us. option number one it's called. that's a drilling machine that's in the process of trying to drill a hole that's large enough to be able to retrieve the miners in a steel capsule that would be hauled up from a half mile underneath the ground. you can't see the other two options. one of them is is not here yet but the second option is to enlarge the communications hole that's been in place now for a week and possibly make that large enough to do the same thing. remove the miners out through the capsule. the third option is arriving tomorrow. a huge drilling rig that will arrive here from the airport on 42 different trucks. it's an oil drilling rig. it will be assemblyed on the far side of the mountain. it would be the fastest of the options but since it's getting a much later start than th
jeffrey brown talked to him this afternoon. >> brown: tom, give us an update first on where things stand with the rescue efforts. there's three separate plans at this point, right? >> that's right. there are. the first plan which is located up on the hill over there. frank can pan over and show it to us. option number one it's called. that's a drilling machine that's in the process of trying to drill a hole that's large enough to be able to retrieve the miners in a steel capsule...
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. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight. our political editor david chalian reviews the winners and losers. >> ifill: then, a roundtable of political strategists explains what the results mean for republicans, for democrats and how they will affect who controls congress. >> brown: ray suarez talks to mexican ambassador arturo sarukhan as his country celebrates its bicentennial and fights an all-out war against drug-trafficking. >> as mexico seeks to shut down the flow of drugs moving north, the united states needs to step up to the plate and shut down the flow of weapons and cache moving >> ifill: plus, jose luis sierra of new america media reports on how the drug war has affected the tourism and manufacturing industries in the mexican state of baja california. >> we want to get back to getting people to think about mexico as fun in the sun and margaritaville and those types of things and stop associating mexico with blood and violence. >> brown: global post's suzanna koster reports from pakistan on an islamic charity provid
. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight. our political editor david chalian reviews the winners and losers. >> ifill: then, a roundtable of political strategists explains what the results mean for republicans, for democrats and how they will affect who controls congress. >> brown: ray suarez talks to mexican ambassador arturo sarukhan as his country celebrates its bicentennial and fights an all-out war against drug-trafficking. >> as mexico seeks to...
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. sarah shourd, one of three americans held in iran for more than a year, was released and left the country today. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we talk to two iran watchers, including one once jailed in teheran, about today's release and what it tells us about the regime. >> brown: then margaret warner interviews former british prime minister and united nations envoy tony blair about the newest round of middle east peace talks. >> i find it hard to see if these two political leader s in this context with an american administration pushing for a deal, if we can't get one, i don't know where we go from there. >> ifill: fred de sam lazaro has the story of a jewish entrepreneur working with palestinians and israelis for both peace and profit. >> brown: susan dentzer of "health affairs" and karen tumulty of the "washington post" sort through the latest give- and-take on health care politics. >> ifill: and we sit down with writer and cartoonist austin kleon for a dos
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. sarah shourd, one of three americans held in iran for more than a year, was released and left the country today. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we talk to two iran watchers, including one once jailed in teheran, about today's release and what it tells us about the regime. >> brown: then margaret warner interviews former british prime minister and united nations...
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm geoffrey brown. on the newshour this labor day, we report on president obama's request to congress to approve $50 billion for transportation and infrastructure spending to help create new jobs. and paul solmon examines the eroding cloud organized labor in these economic hard times. >> without the workers, without labor, where would their company be? >> we're ready to continue to operate the facility with our temporary work force. >> brown: then judy woodruff previews the mid-term elections with local public broadcast correspondents in california, nevada, ohio and pennsylvania as campaigning heads into the final eight-week stretch. special correspondent in pakistan details the health and safety dangers facing nearly eight million children in the aftermath of the flood disaster. philanthropy expert s assess the response to pakistani flood relief efforts and wrapping up our series on iraq, fred de sam lazaro reports on the day-to-day difficulties facing iraqis who fled their homeland. >> reporter: seven
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm geoffrey brown. on the newshour this labor day, we report on president obama's request to congress to approve $50 billion for transportation and infrastructure spending to help create new jobs. and paul solmon examines the eroding cloud organized labor in these economic hard times. >> without the workers, without labor, where would their company be? >> we're ready to continue to operate the facility...
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. >> brown: i'm geoffrey brown. on the newshour tonight naftali ben-david of the wall street journal sorts through the politics behind a recent white house and congressional exchanges on tax cuts. >> ifill: financial reporters john cassidy and andrew ross sorkin look at at the collapse of lehman brothers two years later as global regulators issued new rules to prevent future melt down. >> brown: and a report on the lack of safety regulations in a dangerous industry. >> we visit a chilean copper mine one similar to the unwhere 33 miners are trapped half a mile underground. >> ifill: an independent television news report on mass rape in congo. we hear from the victims, the rapists and the advocates trying to end it. >> brown: ray suarez visits a special camp in maine that helps veterans and their families heal the emotional wounds of war. >> it touches the person at a deeper level. it allows them to reunite with their families not just in the technical areas that they may need a little bit of help with but on the more
. >> brown: i'm geoffrey brown. on the newshour tonight naftali ben-david of the wall street journal sorts through the politics behind a recent white house and congressional exchanges on tax cuts. >> ifill: financial reporters john cassidy and andrew ross sorkin look at at the collapse of lehman brothers two years later as global regulators issued new rules to prevent future melt down. >> brown: and a report on the lack of safety regulations in a dangerous industry. >>...
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. housing prices showed signs of stabilizing in july, but worries remain in many parts of the country. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, jack hough of "smart money" magazine and karl case of wellesley college weigh the pluses and minuses of home ownership. >> brown: then we look at the record income gap between the richest and poorest americans. >> ifill: judy woodruff talks to alan cooperman of the pew forum on religion in public life about what americans know and don't know about religion. >> brown: special correspondent john tulenko reports on a college program that's raised graduation rates for minority students. >> some of these kids have lives that are so complicated that they need a lot more. that's what we do. >> ifill: and margaret warner speaks to two analysts about north korea's latest succession drama. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: this program was made possible by the corporati
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. housing prices showed signs of stabilizing in july, but worries remain in many parts of the country. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, jack hough of "smart money" magazine and karl case of wellesley college weigh the pluses and minuses of home ownership. >> brown: then we look at the record income gap between the richest and poorest americans. >>...
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. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, david herszenhorn of "the new york times" sorts through the politics playing out on capitol hill. >> woodruff: and we speak to former federal reserve board chairman alan greenspan, the second in a series of conversations on whether to extend the tax breaks. >> brown: then, margaret warner talks to british deputy prime minister nick clegg about war strategy in afghanistan and austerity measures at home. >> you can't stand tall in the world if you are running on empty back home. that is what we are trying to fix. we fix our finances at home. we will continue to play a proud and i hope, leading role in the affairs of the world. >> woodruff: jonathan miller of independent television news reports from southern pakistan, where there has been fresh flooding and tens of thousands of people remain marooned. >> brown: mark shields and michael gerson-- sitting in for david brooks-- offer their analysis of the week's news. >> woodruff: and ray suarez updates the story of
. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, david herszenhorn of "the new york times" sorts through the politics playing out on capitol hill. >> woodruff: and we speak to former federal reserve board chairman alan greenspan, the second in a series of conversations on whether to extend the tax breaks. >> brown: then, margaret warner talks to british deputy prime minister nick clegg about war strategy in afghanistan and austerity measures at home....
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. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: we look at a key group in the president's winning 2008 coalition: younger voters and where they stand this time around. >> woodruff: then, ray suarez has the latest on a suspected mumbai-style terror plot in europe and the possible threat in the u.s. >> brown: margaret warner examines china's growing economic and military assertiveness in asia and globally. >> they're breaking diplomatic egg which is three or four years ago they would not have broken. so i think the change is palpable. >> woodruff: we talk to former clinton administration secretary of labor robert reich-- the last in our series of conversations on extending the bush-era tax breaks. >> brown: and jonathan miller of "independent television news" reports from northwest pakistan, where relief-aid is still slow in coming two months after the floods began. >> this is one of the worst affected areas in pakistan, but these people industrial no safe water, no food, no shelter, no medicine. something
. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: we look at a key group in the president's winning 2008 coalition: younger voters and where they stand this time around. >> woodruff: then, ray suarez has the latest on a suspected mumbai-style terror plot in europe and the possible threat in the u.s. >> brown: margaret warner examines china's growing economic and military assertiveness in asia and globally. >> they're breaking diplomatic egg which is...
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. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, election observer scott worden in kabul has the details about reports of widespread fraud at the polls. >> ifill: then we talk with admiral thad allen about the permanent sealing of the blown out oil well in the gulf of mexico. >> brown: margaret warner runs a debate on whether the f.d.a. should allow the sale of genetically modified salmon for human consumption. >> ifill: judy woodruff looks at the political power of sarah palin, with reporters libby casey of alaska public radio and jeff zeleny of the "new york times." anybody spots new tennis shoes the headline is going to be, vanity fair, they're going to say palin in iowa decides to run. >> brown: and ray suarez talks with angela kocherga of belo television on the latest killing of a journalist in the mexican drug wars. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this pr
. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, election observer scott worden in kabul has the details about reports of widespread fraud at the polls. >> ifill: then we talk with admiral thad allen about the permanent sealing of the blown out oil well in the gulf of mexico. >> brown: margaret warner runs a debate on whether the f.d.a. should allow the sale of genetically modified salmon for human consumption. >> ifill: judy woodruff looks at the political...
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. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, middle east analysts david mckovsky and ghaith al omari assess the situation after the israeli government let a moratorium on settlement construction in the west bank lapse. >> ifill: then ray suarez leads a debate about a new proposal that would allow federal authorities to extend wiretapping to online communications. >> brown: we talk to laura tyson, president clinton's chief economic adviser, the third in our series of conversations on extending the bush-era tax cuts. >> ifill: special correspondent ben barnier reports on the french government's controversial decision to deport gypsies to romania and bulgaria. the rona deportations have been happening quietly for years, they became a hot button political issue when one was killed at a political check point. >> brown: margaret warner gets the details on the merger between low-cost rivals southwest airlines and air tran. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has
. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, middle east analysts david mckovsky and ghaith al omari assess the situation after the israeli government let a moratorium on settlement construction in the west bank lapse. >> ifill: then ray suarez leads a debate about a new proposal that would allow federal authorities to extend wiretapping to online communications. >> brown: we talk to laura tyson, president clinton's chief economic adviser, the third in our...
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jeffrey brown has our book conversation. it's the very near future and many of the today's biggest fears have come to pass big time. among much else it's government is bankrupt. every detail of your personal life is available on a han handd device and available to everyone, and few people would be caught dead actually reading a book. but there's still room for a love story of sort, a super-sad true love story, in fact the latest novel by argue gary shteyngart. born in 1972, in what was then leningrad in the soviet union. he came to the u.s. at age seven, he lives in new york, and this is his third novel. welcome. >> thank you. >> brown: i gather you began writing this before the economic meltdown. >> it's so hard to be a novelist these days. i wish i were a blogger instead. things move so fast. i started writing in 2006 and thought what is the creativity they think that can happen, what if the banks failed, lehman brothers and the car companies went bankrupt? and by 2008 almost everything i had sketched out had happened and
jeffrey brown has our book conversation. it's the very near future and many of the today's biggest fears have come to pass big time. among much else it's government is bankrupt. every detail of your personal life is available on a han handd device and available to everyone, and few people would be caught dead actually reading a book. but there's still room for a love story of sort, a super-sad true love story, in fact the latest novel by argue gary shteyngart. born in 1972, in what was then...
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jeffrey brown has our encore report on a dancing master. >> brown: almost 30 years after appears in "sophisticated ladies" lawyer reese hines is still at it. ♪ it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing ♪ >> brown: the man who gained fame tapping away with his brother gregory remains a marvel. dancing, creating the choreography and taking audiences through a review of the life of one of america's greatest musicians, duke ellington. >> well, it's a celebration of the greatness and the genius of the man. he really was quite exceptional, you know, as a musician and as a personality, of course, he was... when he said those things "we love you madly" to make those things up, i just love it. i'm the happiest i've ever been on the stage. with the exception of working with my brother. i've done great shows and i've been very happy. but even with injuries, which you do get as a dancer, i can't wait to get on that stage. ♪ we love you maddy... >> brown: there's added history to this revival being presented by aflee stage. it's performed at the historic lincoln theater where ellingto
jeffrey brown has our encore report on a dancing master. >> brown: almost 30 years after appears in "sophisticated ladies" lawyer reese hines is still at it. ♪ it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing ♪ >> brown: the man who gained fame tapping away with his brother gregory remains a marvel. dancing, creating the choreography and taking audiences through a review of the life of one of america's greatest musicians, duke ellington. >> well, it's a...
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jeffrey brown has the story. >> brown: the tax cuts in question were signed into law by president bush in 2001 and 2003. unless extended by congress, they'll expire on december 31st. and rates would rise across-the- board. this week president obama announced he favors keeping the current rates for the majority of american households: those with incomes below $250,000 for couples and $200,000 for individuals. but the president wants to end the cuts for top earners, whose income tax rate would go from 35% to the pre-2001 standard of 39%. republicans are resisting that move. >> they say no. and the reason is they're holding all those middle class folks who need tax relief hostage right now in order to provide tax breaks for the top 2% wealthiest americans. >> brown: g.o.p. leaders have called for extending all the cuts for at least two years. arguing that too many americans will be hurt at a time of economic stagnation. >> this particular tax increase he has in mind that he will characterize as a tax increase on the wealthy, in fact, impacts 50% of small business income, 25% of the workfo
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. >> lehrer: then, jeffrey brown moderates a discussion about religious intolerance in america nine years after the 9/11 attacks. >> woodruff: ray suarez, in fort hood, texas, looks at the army's new program designed to provide better treatment for wounded warriors. >> if you've got a service-related injury, if you've been wounded in combat, are awe a patient, are you still a soldier? the army's warrior transition units try to find a way for you to be both. >> lehrer: and mark shields and david brooks provide their analysis of the news. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: president obama held a televised news conference this morning at the white house. the east room back and forth included questions about the economy, the middle east, and religious tensions. newshour correspondent kwame holman rep
. >> lehrer: then, jeffrey brown moderates a discussion about religious intolerance in america nine years after the 9/11 attacks. >> woodruff: ray suarez, in fort hood, texas, looks at the army's new program designed to provide better treatment for wounded warriors. >> if you've got a service-related injury, if you've been wounded in combat, are awe a patient, are you still a soldier? the army's warrior transition units try to find a way for you to be both. >> lehrer:...
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and early means real early. >> yes, very rememberee. >> brown: welcome back. start with the moratorium on settlementsment it comes to an end at the end of the month. what is the situation now and what are the outstanding questions and where do things stand? >> the situation right now is that the moratorium has been in place for ten months. this is something that netanyahu placed under u.s. pressure. and the idea at the time was the talks would begin almost immediately and then after ten months, if they had been succeeding, the u.s. would have hoped it that israel would have extended it. but instead, the palestinians wouldn't come immediately to the table. the talks have just started. and now you have this situation where the israelis are saying we've had it for ten months. you know, time's up. we want to move on and the palestinians who at first were very critical that the moratorium was not extensive enough, now want it to continue. >> brown: and they've said that they may not continue negotiating unless it continues. >> that's right. that has been their posi
and early means real early. >> yes, very rememberee. >> brown: welcome back. start with the moratorium on settlementsment it comes to an end at the end of the month. what is the situation now and what are the outstanding questions and where do things stand? >> the situation right now is that the moratorium has been in place for ten months. this is something that netanyahu placed under u.s. pressure. and the idea at the time was the talks would begin almost immediately and then...
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. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, kwame holman has details of the g.o.p. plan. then, democratic congressman anthony weiner and republican david price debate whether it's a return to failed economic policies or a blueprint for a better future. >> woodruff: ray suarez talks to margaret warner about president obama's visit to the united nations and the reaction there to his diplomatic initiatives. >> brown: special correspondent dave iverson reports on a new push to get scientists to work together in the pursuit of medical cures. >> let's put our arms together and brains together and solve the problem collectively and for a project like this you absolutely need that to succeed. >> woodruff: and isabel wilkerson discusses her new book on the great migration of african americans. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i want to know what the universe... >> looks like. >> feels like. >> from deep space. >> to a microbe. >> i can contri
. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, kwame holman has details of the g.o.p. plan. then, democratic congressman anthony weiner and republican david price debate whether it's a return to failed economic policies or a blueprint for a better future. >> woodruff: ray suarez talks to margaret warner about president obama's visit to the united nations and the reaction there to his diplomatic initiatives. >> brown: special correspondent dave iverson...
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cleveland brown earrings, how about it. that is "nightly business report" for this monday evening, september 27. thank you for joining us. i'm tom hudson. have a great night,. >> suzie:y. >> susie: you too, tom, we hope to see you again tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> more information about
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gordon brown, less so. tony blair -- >> charlie: you are -- less so -- >> no, because it's not black and white and extreme in the way that -- >> charlie: it was for tony blair. he says he does not have an emotional intelligence. >> i know, but i'm giving you my view, and i think that's a little harsh. tony blair was relaxed with an audience of three or an audience of 3,000, whether he was on the television or not, gordon brown less relaxed. when it came to the economic crisis, however -- and you touched on this before, charlie -- i think gordon brown grasped the big picture, the scale, the issues that were confronting not just our country but the whole of the western banking system, and i think in most respects he got his response to the banking crisis right. i think he got his economics right. i think he got his politics less right in the way in which -- >> charlie: he was not a natural politician? >> no. because he wasn't as good a communicator but more so, he didn't get on to the wavelength in my view --
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some proof to the pudding. >> brown says overall, revenue sharing has helped the league. the tampa bay rays ballclub, with low attendance, is one example of that. the rays went to the world series two years ago, and now sit atop the american league west division. but it doesn't look good, says sports business professor jim riordan, when teams plead poverty in order to get public financing for building a new stadium. >> it's very difficult in this day and age to do that now, because there's also a cry to help hospitals, roadways, infrastructure, schools, and then you're saying "build me a stadium." >> reporter: a few baseball observers want to do away with revenue-sharing, calling it the equivalent of team welfare. some analysts believe teams could see salary floors-- a way of mandating how they spend their revenue-sharing money. >> i don't think we'll see a major overhaul, anything of that nature, but we'll see some firming up of this. there has to be some method by which some of these clubs at the bottom of the payroll are held accountable, and made to incentivize and sp
some proof to the pudding. >> brown says overall, revenue sharing has helped the league. the tampa bay rays ballclub, with low attendance, is one example of that. the rays went to the world series two years ago, and now sit atop the american league west division. but it doesn't look good, says sports business professor jim riordan, when teams plead poverty in order to get public financing for building a new stadium. >> it's very difficult in this day and age to do that now, because...
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gordon brown hit back, arguing the book is a one-sided account of their relationship. but tony blair as made clear he has been his tongue on the subject for too long. >> the relationship with gordon was difficult. it was also very close. it was hard, going on impossible. for a large part of time we were in government, and he was an immense source of strength. his contributions were clear. >> one revelation that will surprise many as tony blair's admission that he used alcohol as a prop to cope with the job. his publishers will be hoping insides like that will make his book a best seller across the world. bbc news. >> three bombs have exploded in the pakastani city of lahore, said buying shi'a muslims. the pakastani prime minister attacked the attacks as cowardly and said the perpetrators would be punished. the miners in chile are having their first hot meal in weeks. lunch was piped through a tube 700 meters underground. rescuers are consulting and nutritionist that helped compile the menu. a book 60 anonymous -- get into the of the anonymous racing driver called the s
gordon brown hit back, arguing the book is a one-sided account of their relationship. but tony blair as made clear he has been his tongue on the subject for too long. >> the relationship with gordon was difficult. it was also very close. it was hard, going on impossible. for a large part of time we were in government, and he was an immense source of strength. his contributions were clear. >> one revelation that will surprise many as tony blair's admission that he used alcohol as a...
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the reason he was doing that is he wants to separate himself away from tony blair and gordon brown and their eria in government. he was a very critical of the war in iraq. he said it was a wrong and that britain undermined united nations. not everyone in the hall like that. >> off iraq divided our party and our country. many sincerely believes the world face a real threat. i criticize nobody, faced with making the toughest decisions, and i honor my troops who fought and died there, but i do believe we were wrong. >> he was also critical on the labour record on regulating banks. he argued that britain did not do enough to make sure its economy was stable. the other thing he wanted to separate himself up from was the unions, the people who helped to elect him. he said he was not "red ed." he also said the unions should not give in to overblown rhetoric when it comes to opposing the cut from the deficit. he would not oppose every cut a coalition government proposed. he said he would not be opposing irresponsible -- he would be opposing irresponsible strikes, because he believes the public
the reason he was doing that is he wants to separate himself away from tony blair and gordon brown and their eria in government. he was a very critical of the war in iraq. he said it was a wrong and that britain undermined united nations. not everyone in the hall like that. >> off iraq divided our party and our country. many sincerely believes the world face a real threat. i criticize nobody, faced with making the toughest decisions, and i honor my troops who fought and died there, but i...
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. >> warner: and jeffrey brown talks with composer and musician herbie hancock, whose 70th birthday tour fuses jazz with global beats. >> taking what happens and trying to make it work. that's something i add life >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran's best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60 billion pounds of carbon out of the atmosphere every year. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: today's reported rise in poverty underscored the depths of the recession as new data gave conflicting signals about what lies ahead. at the same time, congress labored on new w
. >> warner: and jeffrey brown talks with composer and musician herbie hancock, whose 70th birthday tour fuses jazz with global beats. >> taking what happens and trying to make it work. that's something i add life >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran's best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60 billion...
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nick brown, bbc news, sydney. >> just briefly, our main story -- an al qaeda plot to carry out coordinated attacks in the u.k., france, and germany has been uncovered according to western intelligence sources. small teams were to seize and kill hostages, according to reports, in a similar way to the 2008 attacks in mumbai. recent american drone raids in pakistan have targeted the militants who inspired those plans. officials in the uk tel as the plot has not been stopped but an attack is not expected imminently. you will find more online on bbc.com/news. you will find us on twitter and facebook as well. thank you for watching bbc world news. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength t
nick brown, bbc news, sydney. >> just briefly, our main story -- an al qaeda plot to carry out coordinated attacks in the u.k., france, and germany has been uncovered according to western intelligence sources. small teams were to seize and kill hostages, according to reports, in a similar way to the 2008 attacks in mumbai. recent american drone raids in pakistan have targeted the militants who inspired those plans. officials in the uk tel as the plot has not been stopped but an attack is...
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we need to move beyond this and track.back on the right under lord brown, it was beyond petroleum. i am sincerely hoping that bob dudley will get bp back on that track. >> what do you think it tells about where bp is heading now under mr. dudley and offshore drilling in general? >> hopefully, bob dudley will look hard again at the case for renewals and alternatives. as i was director of beat the green energy, we made an investment in what was known as bp alternative energy under lord brown. that has been cut back, and the focus went back to petroleum under tony hayward. hopefully bob dudley will get the company back on the track, which is beyond petroleum. >> thank you very much indeed. let's take you around the globe for the other main news. president obama has been detailing his plans to boost the american economy. his speech in cleveland, ohio highlighted his administration's plans for tax cuts. the u.s. secretary of state has said mexico's struck cartels increasingly look like an -- mexico's drug cartels increasingly look like an insurgency. the army was deployed against the ca
we need to move beyond this and track.back on the right under lord brown, it was beyond petroleum. i am sincerely hoping that bob dudley will get bp back on that track. >> what do you think it tells about where bp is heading now under mr. dudley and offshore drilling in general? >> hopefully, bob dudley will look hard again at the case for renewals and alternatives. as i was director of beat the green energy, we made an investment in what was known as bp alternative energy under...
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equality and a value of treating people inclusively in this country, into those words which by 1954, and brown versus board of education, meant in the eyes of the judges, certainly in mine and i suspect in yours, segregation cannot continue. >> rose: it amazes me how long the dred scott decision stood. >> dred scott you are thinking-- ferguson, it stood 80 years, 70 something. yeah, it did. because that brings you back to the first part. because a third of the country or more really supported it. and a whole legal institution called racial segregation grew up and they really supported it. and we have only a few. >> rose: what percentage of the court's work is deciding the constitution of legislation? >> i think, the constitution as opposed to the constitutionality of legislation is probably well under half, 30%, 40%. most of what we do is interpret federal statutes. there are laws that congress passes, what do they mean. environmental statutes. >> rose: more than 50% is deciding what federal statutes mean. >> yes, yes. and what you probably won't read too often is-- . >> rose: go ahead. >> 40,
equality and a value of treating people inclusively in this country, into those words which by 1954, and brown versus board of education, meant in the eyes of the judges, certainly in mine and i suspect in yours, segregation cannot continue. >> rose: it amazes me how long the dred scott decision stood. >> dred scott you are thinking-- ferguson, it stood 80 years, 70 something. yeah, it did. because that brings you back to the first part. because a third of the country or more really...
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we had to have six helicopters and all of us agreed ahead of time the strike force and i and harold brown, our secretary defense and all of them that if we didn't have six helicopters it couldn't go through. so we sent in eight helicopters to make sure we had enough to do it. one with unexplained reasons turned around and went back and landed. another went down in a very heavy sand storm. they had 600 miles to go. and another one went down with a hydraulic leak and crashed. >> rose: so you had five left. >> i had five left. so we had to withdraw. and if i had sent one more helicopter, say nine instead of eight, the hostages would have been home and i would have been reelected and the hostages would have been free earlier. so a lot of people... students and everybody ask me that and i always say i would have sent one more helicopter. >> rose: you're tough on... in your diary on the late senator ted kennedy. >> yeah, well let me... i'm not excusing it because this is what i wrote 31 years ago. when he and i and all of the other five chairman of committees in the house and senate that contro
we had to have six helicopters and all of us agreed ahead of time the strike force and i and harold brown, our secretary defense and all of them that if we didn't have six helicopters it couldn't go through. so we sent in eight helicopters to make sure we had enough to do it. one with unexplained reasons turned around and went back and landed. another went down in a very heavy sand storm. they had 600 miles to go. and another one went down with a hydraulic leak and crashed. >> rose: so...
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when we look at color, the waves actually coming off this table, to us it just looks brown or tan or whatever. but the waves are change all the time depending on the light in our eyes and our mind is baifl determining ratio,. and it's doing advanced calculations to give us the impression that this is a constant color but it's not. and so the real world implication of that is the incredible power of perception. and this is relevant to what we all do when we try to understand the world. we have a sense that when we are weigh making the decision, we look at the decision. then we qal chrat what's right and wrong and then third we exercise our willpower to do what we actually set out to do. and steps to calculation and step three, willpower are the important steps. those are the complicated ones with that is wrong. step one, perception is the most important thing. you should spend more time perceiving than deciding. because as you are perceiving there is this active process going on. and most of the action is there. and so when i'm in the field of journalism, that means i have to pay spec
when we look at color, the waves actually coming off this table, to us it just looks brown or tan or whatever. but the waves are change all the time depending on the light in our eyes and our mind is baifl determining ratio,. and it's doing advanced calculations to give us the impression that this is a constant color but it's not. and so the real world implication of that is the incredible power of perception. and this is relevant to what we all do when we try to understand the world. we have a...
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liquor company brown-forman hit the skids with disappointing earnings and a sliding stock price. earnings came in shy of estimates and down from a year ago, but sales of its biggest product, jack daniel's, were up. shares were the leading loser of the s&p 500 index, falling to a two-month low on heavy volume. some of the money to buy stocks today may have come out of the bond market, as interest rates were rising. the yield on the 10-year government benchmark bond jumped back above 2.5%. a week ago, it hit its lowest point since early 2009. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> tom: investors have been call on telecom stocks to protect their portfolios all summer long. since the third quarter began, the s&p 500 is up almost 5%. but how about telecom services. that sector up more than 12%. tonight's "street critique" guest joins us from the bank of new york. it is jonathan chaplin at credit suisse. welcome to "nightly business report." >> thanks, tom. >> tom: what has been fueling this performance that we've seen over the last quarter or so in telecom? >> i think it is pretty st
liquor company brown-forman hit the skids with disappointing earnings and a sliding stock price. earnings came in shy of estimates and down from a year ago, but sales of its biggest product, jack daniel's, were up. shares were the leading loser of the s&p 500 index, falling to a two-month low on heavy volume. some of the money to buy stocks today may have come out of the bond market, as interest rates were rising. the yield on the 10-year government benchmark bond jumped back above 2.5%. a...
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. >> "the wall street journal" said you want to eviscerate all the programs that the brown government and the previous government of tony blair. >> that's not true. i mean there are of course things we build on and things-- indeed, the prime minister david cameron on the steps of downing street, the first words he addressed to the country as prime minister acknowledged some of the good things that the labor government had done before us. let's take an example. the minimum wage which was we're not proposing to get rid of that. so we're perfectly willing and indeed want to give praise where praise is due. and of course the nase nature 6 politics to allocate blame where blame is due. >> rose: what other labor programs from the previous government dow look with fair on. >> one of the things that they achieved and actually i was one of the conservative mps at the time without wanted my party to catch up a bit and welcome these things. i think we became a more socially tolerant country, civil partnerships were introduced at the time in this country. that enabled homosexual couples to commit
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he is a professor at brown university and co-founder of a company called cybernetics. john craw krauer, his work exfloor-- craw quarter, how movement is recovered following a stroke. he is an associate professor of neurology and neuroscience at columbia. nancy bonini. she studies the genetic basis of neurological disease by performing experiments on fruit flies. she is a professor at the university of pennsylvania and the howard hughes medical investigator. and joining me from atlanta is malion delong, an expert on parkinson's disease and a pioneer in the growing field of deep brain stimulation. he is a professor of neurology at emer university school of medicine. and once again my cohost is dr. eric kandel. as you know he is a nobel laureate, professor at columbia university and a howard hughes medical investigator the. i am pleased once again to have him here to help me understand all about the brain. so welcome back. >> thank you. are you doing very well understanding the brain. >> rose: and what a journey it is. so tell me about today, the disordered brain. >> well
he is a professor at brown university and co-founder of a company called cybernetics. john craw krauer, his work exfloor-- craw quarter, how movement is recovered following a stroke. he is an associate professor of neurology and neuroscience at columbia. nancy bonini. she studies the genetic basis of neurological disease by performing experiments on fruit flies. she is a professor at the university of pennsylvania and the howard hughes medical investigator. and joining me from atlanta is malion...
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i mean, it's a brown lead glaze, and this tortoiseshell mottling on the bottom is really very attractive. the important thing about him, of course, is where he comes from. i don't know. he's a scottish one. he is a scottish dog. a possibility. i don't think there's any sign of a factory mark. there very seldom is on spaniels like this, or i think they're-- i think they're sometimes known up here as... is it "wooly dogs"? is that right? - wally dogs. - ah, a wally dog. a wally dog. do you call him a wally dog? no, not that one, but we call these wally dogs, i think because they're just put on the wall, on the mantelpiece. - i think that's how they-- - is that where it comes from? - i think that's it. - it's not because it's a wooly dog? no. not that i know of, anyway. hairy, i suppose. um, date for this-- it's very similar, actually, to these staffordshire ones. so it's the second half of the 19th century. and they continued making them actually into the 20th century. i just think he's magnificent. he's just so much away from the usual. haven't had a valuation ever done on these? well, th
i mean, it's a brown lead glaze, and this tortoiseshell mottling on the bottom is really very attractive. the important thing about him, of course, is where he comes from. i don't know. he's a scottish one. he is a scottish dog. a possibility. i don't think there's any sign of a factory mark. there very seldom is on spaniels like this, or i think they're-- i think they're sometimes known up here as... is it "wooly dogs"? is that right? - wally dogs. - ah, a wally dog. a wally dog. do...
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element that you didn't do as much as you thought new labour was capable of in part because of gordon brown and competition and other things? >> i think you never achieve everything you want to achieve and if you're an impatient policymaker-- and i was-- you never achieve as much as you want to. on the other hand, what we did achieve... i mean, for us health care was the issue dominated every election. i was starting off with all the elections before i became labour party leader. the two elections after i became labour party leader, less so at the third. last election, a few months ago, not an issue. really. now why is because we made those changes. we did major reforms, we put investment in and the waiting list problem, which was the huge problem that british health care system had, it wasn't there. >> rose: what have you learned about the way the world works since you left office that you might wish you had known when you were running the government. >> a very good question. i think there were two things. the first is the power is shifting east and fast. there's no doubt about that at all
element that you didn't do as much as you thought new labour was capable of in part because of gordon brown and competition and other things? >> i think you never achieve everything you want to achieve and if you're an impatient policymaker-- and i was-- you never achieve as much as you want to. on the other hand, what we did achieve... i mean, for us health care was the issue dominated every election. i was starting off with all the elections before i became labour party leader. the two...
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brown, governor schwarzenegger has issued a reprieve for albert brown scheduled to be executed for a murder he committed in 1980. my question is, do you think the process for the death penalty appeals is too lengthy, too involved and if so, what should be done about it? >> it's certainly too lengthy and by the way it's gotten longer during each governor's term after i left. now it takes five years before you get a transcript up to the supreme court for the initial review. i want to say in this respect, the death penalty is a serious issue. i expressed my own preference, that i'd rather have a society where we didn't have to use death as a punishment. that view yand preference is overruled by the legislature and the people in an initiative ballot measure that passed. so we have it. eve got to make it work. as attorney general i've defended, literally, hundreds and hundreds of death penalty convictions. but, as you say, this thing goes on and on forever. you've got to appoint the lawyers you've got to appoint the investigators. and, unfortunately, it does take money to make the process
brown, governor schwarzenegger has issued a reprieve for albert brown scheduled to be executed for a murder he committed in 1980. my question is, do you think the process for the death penalty appeals is too lengthy, too involved and if so, what should be done about it? >> it's certainly too lengthy and by the way it's gotten longer during each governor's term after i left. now it takes five years before you get a transcript up to the supreme court for the initial review. i want to say in...
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brown asks voters for new mayoral power to appoint school board members. he gets it, and promises better schools. but the drop out rate increases 50%. the school budget goes into a 100 million dollar deficit. the schools become so bad the state has to take them over. it was "largely a bust," he admitted. jerry brown. failure as governor. failure as mayor. failure we can't afford now. it's been a dream of mine to restore it. and it's my dream for him to finish it. frank has something great to save up for. this is my dad. isn't that cool? and a very understanding girlfriend. i showed him a wells fargo savings account with my savings plan. [ frank ] and what it does is it takes a little bit of my money and puts it towards my goal. i want to get all the original parts and do it right. for my dad. there's a couple months in between parts. so, one at a time. [ male announcer ] wells fargo. with you when it's time to save. ♪ are chasing you...don't lead them to your stash. >>> a little note to pot borrowers out there. when the cops are chasing you don't lead 'e
brown asks voters for new mayoral power to appoint school board members. he gets it, and promises better schools. but the drop out rate increases 50%. the school budget goes into a 100 million dollar deficit. the schools become so bad the state has to take them over. it was "largely a bust," he admitted. jerry brown. failure as governor. failure as mayor. failure we can't afford now. it's been a dream of mine to restore it. and it's my dream for him to finish it. frank has something...
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>> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and michael gerson sitting in for david brooks, among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org [woman crying] [yells]
>> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and michael gerson sitting in for david brooks, among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by...
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brown. politics may be playing a part. no one knows what the motivation was. >> do you think can use the same arguments to appeal? >> brown did use the same arguments as morales, but what happened when it went before a judge although he indicated in the morales case, he would have examined it more carefully and looked at the regulations in his opinion on friday. i just don't have enough time to review the regulations before brown's execution date. the judge was willing to let the execution go forward without reviewing the regulations. >> it's interesting. it's pushed back to thursday at 9:00 p.m. now you have the drug manufacturer involve and the lethal cocktail is going to expire on friday. do you think it's going to be carried through? what are the chances? >> the ninth circuit issued an order and said what i think has been on the minds of many of us. why is this procedure being driven by an expiration date on the drugs. new drugs will be available after the turn of the year and the case was support back saying you need
brown. politics may be playing a part. no one knows what the motivation was. >> do you think can use the same arguments to appeal? >> brown did use the same arguments as morales, but what happened when it went before a judge although he indicated in the morales case, he would have examined it more carefully and looked at the regulations in his opinion on friday. i just don't have enough time to review the regulations before brown's execution date. the judge was willing to let the...
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brown. >> yes. the budget has never been this late before. i do know something about budgets, i must say, and the budget is always the heart of any kind of democratic society. how much you spend and what you put it in. the budget mess is one of the key characteristics of how screwed things up are in sacramento. how do we get at all? first of all, you have to live within your means. we had a boom, and wall street was going, and dot command all that, and it collapses. and you have to reset, reset 15%, 18%. i authorized an 18% reduction in the governor's salary, the legislators' salary, and my own. you start the week after the election. i'll bring all 120 together, and i don't care whether it takes 200 hours, 500 hours, i know that many of these legislators have no idea what's going on in the budget. they are sitting in the bleachers while the big five group, that's the top four legislators and the governor, a quum of people, work it all out behind closed doors. we need a transparcht exhaustive
brown. >> yes. the budget has never been this late before. i do know something about budgets, i must say, and the budget is always the heart of any kind of democratic society. how much you spend and what you put it in. the budget mess is one of the key characteristics of how screwed things up are in sacramento. how do we get at all? first of all, you have to live within your means. we had a boom, and wall street was going, and dot command all that, and it collapses. and you have to reset,...
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jerry brown. california needs major changes. >> reporter: the meg whitman 2010 campaign responded by saying after 40 years of politics protecting the status quo, it's no surprise jerry brown kicks off his campaign with a misleading historic renovation of his own record. jerry brown is the last person we can trust for major change in sacramento. brown takes exception to the accusations that when he left the governor's office the state was flat broke, flirting with bankruptcy and with 11% of residents out of work and he says he was able to reduce taxes and create nearly 2 million jobs despite a recession. >> we're dealing with a campaign on the republican side that has no regard for truth. when california came out of the recession the revenue came pouring into the state because i left it healthy and structurally sound. >> reporter: brown's campaign claims that meg whitman has run 45,000 ads just since the primary. he says he thinks people are tired now of listening to her negative attacks and they'r
jerry brown. california needs major changes. >> reporter: the meg whitman 2010 campaign responded by saying after 40 years of politics protecting the status quo, it's no surprise jerry brown kicks off his campaign with a misleading historic renovation of his own record. jerry brown is the last person we can trust for major change in sacramento. brown takes exception to the accusations that when he left the governor's office the state was flat broke, flirting with bankruptcy and with 11%...
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again, brown has been sentenced to death now. the new execution date is the day before. >>> we appreciate that. new details today. pg&e has reported gas pipeline leaks at a rate six times higher than the nation's other large operators according to the "los angeles times," which investigated pg&e leaks following this month's deadly explosion in san bruno. since 2004, the utility has reported 38 leaks near highly populated areas or environmentally sentencive areas. pg&e says its numbers are higher than other utilities because it has more rigorous standards for reporting those gas leaks. >>> meanwhile, congresswoman jackie speier visited san bruno today to announce new pipeline safety legislation. she plans to introduce the bill tomorrow. it would require automatic or remote shutoff valves on some transmission lines. utilities would also have to tell home owners about the location of nearby pipelines. >>> on to the governor's race now, where a new poll shows democrat jerry brown has widened his lead. a "los angeles times" uucs poll
again, brown has been sentenced to death now. the new execution date is the day before. >>> we appreciate that. new details today. pg&e has reported gas pipeline leaks at a rate six times higher than the nation's other large operators according to the "los angeles times," which investigated pg&e leaks following this month's deadly explosion in san bruno. since 2004, the utility has reported 38 leaks near highly populated areas or environmentally sentencive areas....
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brown missed the deadline. it must be an extraordinary experience for a lawyer to have to sit down with a client to talk about his choice of how he wishes to die. and his choice is really a hobson's choice. it's either three drugs, which we know there is a risk of some pain and which we know in six out of 13 executions in california judge fogel found problems. the second choice is a oñe-drug combination which is actually not part of california law. and has never been researched, investigated, tested, or examined by the state, and the judge has actually asked mr. brown to -- if he wants to consent to the state committing an execution in violation of state law. it's not clear mr. brown even has the authority to make that kind of decision. and i suspect that will be part of the appeal to the ninth circuit. >> reporter: near san quinten, kimberly terry, nbc bay area news. >>> in san francisco, police shot and killed a man in the tenderloin today. shortly after 11:00 this morning, they responded to a noise complain
brown missed the deadline. it must be an extraordinary experience for a lawyer to have to sit down with a client to talk about his choice of how he wishes to die. and his choice is really a hobson's choice. it's either three drugs, which we know there is a risk of some pain and which we know in six out of 13 executions in california judge fogel found problems. the second choice is a oñe-drug combination which is actually not part of california law. and has never been researched, investigated,...
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brown asks voters for new mayoral power to appoint school board members. he gets it, and promises better schools. but the drop out rate increases 50%. the school budget goes into a 100 million dollar deficit. the schools become so bad the state has to take them over. it was "largely a bust," he admitted. jerry brown. failure as governor. failure as mayor. failure we can't afford now. on vacation this week. it's going to be another hot day.. tracy any relief on the way? >>> good morning. it's tuesday, 28th of september. i'm juliette goodrich. sydnie kohara is on vacation this week. it's a hot day. will it be relief? >> not today. today's temperatures expected to be as hot as yesterday if not hotter in a few location. san jose warmer than yesterday, 98 degrees. 92 in oakland. triple-digit highs in pleasanton, up to 104. 100 sonoma and 103 in santa rosa. 97 in kentfield. we had a new record high temperature in san francisco yesterday at 93 degrees. today we're forecasting 89. 72 in half moon bay and 96 in palo alto. because it is so hot some locations have co
brown asks voters for new mayoral power to appoint school board members. he gets it, and promises better schools. but the drop out rate increases 50%. the school budget goes into a 100 million dollar deficit. the schools become so bad the state has to take them over. it was "largely a bust," he admitted. jerry brown. failure as governor. failure as mayor. failure we can't afford now. on vacation this week. it's going to be another hot day.. tracy any relief on the way? >>>...
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the family of brown's victim just wants it over with. here's her brother speaking about what it was like after his 15-year-old sister disappeared. >> i remember getting in the truck with my father and... [ crying ] >> ... driving up and down the... uhm....... driving up and down the streets, you know, callingherr name. >> reporter: the stay of execution is being appealed to the state court of appeals and can also go to the u.s. supreme court. but the time is running out because at midnight thursday night technically friday morning, one of the state's drugs expires and likely won't be restocked until next year. now, michael morales and mitchell sims, they are two other inmates here at san quentin that also have some appeals going through. and they have until thursday for those. those are also going to the california supreme court. same arguments that the death penalty here in california is cruel and unusual punishment. juliette? >> all right, anne makovec at san quentin, anne, thank you. >>> it looks like california will not get millions
the family of brown's victim just wants it over with. here's her brother speaking about what it was like after his 15-year-old sister disappeared. >> i remember getting in the truck with my father and... [ crying ] >> ... driving up and down the... uhm....... driving up and down the streets, you know, callingherr name. >> reporter: the stay of execution is being appealed to the state court of appeals and can also go to the u.s. supreme court. but the time is running out...